From joy to fury

JOY gave way to grief and anger yesterday when a West Virginia coal town learned that 12 of 13 miners trapped in a mine explosion had died.

Three hours earlier, friends and relatives had been told that all but one had survived.

One man survived after being trapped since Monday’s blast at the Sago Mine and was hospitalised in critical condition. Randal McCloy, 27, was being treated for a kidney dysfunction but was described by doctors as conscious and relatively stable.